In an official club statement on their website, Manchester United said: “The thoughts of everyone at Manchester United are with Chapecoense Football Club and all those affected by the tragedy in Colombia.

“A plane carrying 81 people, including 22 members of the Brazilian team, crashed en route to Medellin airport on Monday night. Police say 76 people were killed and five survived.

“The plane was carrying the Chapecoense squad from Brazil to Medellin, where they were due to play in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Colombian side Atletico Nacional.

What do we know about the British Aerospace 146 plane?

The British Aerospace 146 plane that crashed on its approach to the airport in the Colombian city of Medellin made its first flight on March 1999.

Statistics from planespotters.net show that the regional plane has had several owners since.
From 1999 to 2007, it was owned by Mesaba Aviation in the U.S. before it was transferred.
The plane has been in the hands of Bolivian airline LAMIA since October 2013.
British Aerospace, which is now known as BAE Systems, says that the first 146 plane took off in 1981 and that just under 400 (including its successor Avro RJ) were built in total in the U.K through November 2003.
It says around 220 of are still in service in a variety of roles, including aerial firefighting and overnight freight services.

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